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RANKINGS .

Reading the rankings

Have a look to see how we calculate our summer school scores…

A ll EL Gazette rankings of language full reports from before and after COVID.
Some went up a point, some went down
schools are based on British
Council Inspection Reports.
a point, and some had new areas with
Normally UK summer school
results seemed stable, in last year’s rankings
rankings are easy to compile because all a Need for Improvement. So, since the
the operations are inspected in the same we simply deducted any new Needs for
15 areas; there is no need for complex Improvement on a compliance report
algorithms. Before COVID, to rank summer from the number of strengths the school
schools all we did was count the number of had previously had. A school cannot
strengths awarded in the British Council go up with a compliance inspection
summary statements and deduct all the areas but can go down.
with a Need for Improvement. That is still Any schools in our table shown in red
the case for the operations marked in blue underwent a compliance inspection and we
on our ranking which chose to undergo have deducted any Needs for Improvement
a full inspection. from their score.
Others opted for a post-COVID The full reports in 2023, however, began
compliance inspection. In a compliance to show instability in full Inspection results.
report, inspectors do not award strengths in A few went up a little but most schools’ scores
any criteria inspected and so cannot award a fell three or four points; some chains saw This year, to level the playing field, we
strength in any area. It does mark criteria as average drops of five or six. One school fell decided to limit the score in a compliance
Not Met and, if there are enough Not Mets 13 points. inspection to the number of areas which were
in the same area, a Need for Improvement Research suggest the cause was an increase free of Not Mets. A few schools have gone
is noted on the full report, but not on the in the number of criteria marked Not Met. down a point or two, while a couple have
summary statements. Under the British Council system, if one dropped out the ranking.
The Gazette noticed little variation in criterion is marked Not Met in a given area, You still cannot go up on a compliance
the scores of high-ranking schools with an area of strength cannot be awarded. inspection, but now you can go further down.

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